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Why algorithms won't necessarily lead to utopian workplaces

  • Written by Uri Gal, Associate Professor in Business Information Systems, University of Sydney
imageThere are reasons to believe the promise of people analytics may not live up to the hype.shutterstock

Using computer algorithms to make decisions about employees might seem like an objective management strategy, but it could actually give an inaccurate picture of productivity and compromise employees’ rights in the process.

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